Study Guide

Learning outcomes

Student is able to:
- explain and analyse change in working life
- analyse change drivers of different organizations
- analyse the consequences of changes in working life to organisations and
- apply future research methods and process in designing new ways of working -scenarios

Teaching methods

Self-paced learning, online lectures and discussions & project work

During the course students analyse different scenarios of future work, and phenomena behind trends and development. Future skills, learning and designing scenarios of changing working life are also studied, as well as how organisations should adapt to this change. Students will choose an organisation and/or profession to study closer during the course.

Important dates

15.1.2024 Canvas opens
31.1.2024 Orientative questions deadline
6.2.2024 Work and organisations lecture Zoom 3 hours
28.2.2024 Project plan deadline
4.3.2024 Forecasting the future lecture Zoom 4 hours
11.4.2024 Project results deadline
17.4.2024 Peer reviewing
18.4.2024 Project presentations Zoom 4 hours
30.4.2024 Final project report deadline
31.5.2024 Evaluations deadline
30.6.2024 Canvas closes

Zoom lectures begin at 16:30 pm Finnish time

Further information for students

During this course, we will be looking at the future of work from several perpectives, and summarize our findings in what changes are required in the organisations and leadership in the future.

Our focus is on knowledge-intensive organisations and knowledge work, but you can consider other types of organisations and work in your project teams, if you so desire.

Lectures will be for your orientation and inspiration, and knowledge sharing is highly appreciated.

Course is designed for anyone interested in understanding the future of work and gaining experience in forecsting, both for studies and to be used in practice.

Grading scale

H-5